The ever-dynamic world of horology is at its creative best when launching unique offerings for its patrons. Tech Today lists some standout luxury watches in Business Today magazine’s latest issue
Jacob & Co Casino Tourbillon is a miniature roulette game with a spinning wheel complete with 37 pockets—18 red, 18 black and one green—and a white ceramic ball to decide your luck. Aptly named the Casino Tourbillon, the watch is available in two limited edition versions—a dial covered with 96 diamonds (only 72 pieces) and one without the additional bling (101 pieces). Price on request
Chopard has launched a limited-edition (only five pieces) 18k rose gold watch featuring a delicate enamel dial with Lord Ganesha. Housed in a 40-millimetre case, its innovative L.U.C 98.06-L movement is equipped with four barrels based on the exclusive Chopard Quattro technology enabling up to eight days of power reserve. Chopard has also launched the L.U.C XP Urushi Ganesh Edition, limited to 10 pieces. Price on request
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Gucci’s G-Timeless Planetarium collection includes four new kaleidoscopic designs. Each of the four creations is unique thanks to a combination of 12 precious gemstones on the dial, including opals, rubies and diamonds. The touch of a button brings alive the gem-set wheel, which rotates around the dial. This is made possible through Gucci’s exclusive caliber, Dancing Hours Flying Tourbillon. The watch is available in white, rose and yellow gold. Price on request
While Patek Philippe’s latest launch is an attractive watch for women with a taste for large sporty watches (the watch is 39.9 mm in rose gold) with great horological content, it is also of great appeal to men, making it truly unisex. The annual calendar complication is more robust than a perpetual calendar requiring just one correction a year at the end of February. It retails for €61,000
This fascinating watch, invented post a conversation with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, has a mechanical hand in an armoured glove on the dial face to indicate the hours, an ode to the ancient way of telling time using fingers. It uses 12 unique finger combinations. For instance, One hour AM or PM is communicated by a closed hand with the index finger out while noon is a closed hand with the thumb and pinky finger out. Considering it took eight years to make a working prototype, the watch’s availability is limited by production. Price on request
Moving away from tradition, Rolex has launched a series of Oyster Perpetual watches for the young at heart. Alive with colour, the new dials of the Oyster Perpetual 31, Oyster Perpetual 36 and Oyster Perpetual 41 are dotted with five different coloured— candy pink, turquoise blue, yellow, coral red, and green—bubbles in varied sizes. The strap is made of ‘Oystersteel’—a special steel produced exclusively for Rolex. Its anti-corrosion properties are comparable to precious metals. Price on request